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Chapter 9 - Gender and Development

The document discusses gender and development (GAD), including its purpose of promoting gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment. GAD recognizes unequal status of women and men in society. GAD activities assess implications for women and men of policies, programs, and projects to benefit both equally.

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Chapter 9 - Gender and Development

The document discusses gender and development (GAD), including its purpose of promoting gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment. GAD recognizes unequal status of women and men in society. GAD activities assess implications for women and men of policies, programs, and projects to benefit both equally.

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Activity: Chapter 9 Gender and Development

1. What is the purpose of GAD?

- GAD focuses on Gender Mainstreaming or a strategy for: making women's


as well as men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the
design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies, programs and
projects in all social, political, civil, and economic spheres so that women and
men benefit equally. Gender and Development or GAD primarily promotes
women's empowerment and ensure that their full participation becomes
essential for society. It has been formed by the government to respond to the
gender imbalances and inequalities existing in the country.

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT (GAD)

— is a development perspective that recognizes the unequal status and


situation of women and men in society.

— Women and men have different development needs and interests, which is
institutionalized and perpetuated by cultural, social, economic and political
norms, systems and structures.

2. What is the importance of gender and development awareness?

- Gender awareness raising aims to promote and encourage a general


understanding of gender-related challenges, for instance, violence against
women and the gender pay gap. It also aims to show how values and norms
influence our reality, reinforce stereotypes and support the structures that
produce inequalities. Gender awareness raising aims at increasing general
sensitivity, understanding and knowledge about gender (in)equality.
Awareness raising is a process which helps to facilitate the exchange of
ideas, improve mutual understanding and develop competencies and skills
necessary for societal change [1]. Gender awareness raising means providing
reliable and accessible information to build a better understanding of gender
equality as a core value of democratic societies. As a gender-mainstreaming
method, gender awareness raising is crucial for integrating a gender
perspective into policies, programmes, projects and services that respond to
the different needs of women and men.
3. What are GAD activities?

- GAD focuses on Gender Mainstreaming or a strategy for: making women's


as well as men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the
design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies, programs and
projects in all social, political, civil, and economic spheres so that women and
men benefit equally.
GAD assess the implications for women and men of any planned action,
including legislation, policies or programs in all areas and at all level.
Social Protection– policies and program that seek to reduce poverty and
vulnerability to risks, enhance the social status and rights of all women and
men, but especially the marginalized; promote and protect livelihood and
employment; protect people against hazards and sudden loss of income; and
improve people’s capacity to manage risks. Its components are labor-market
programs, social insurance, social welfare and social safety nets
Appropriate Technology – suitable technology that usually skills and materials
easily available in the locality and that address gender issues and concerns.

4. How does gender affect human growth?

- Gender also affects physical growth in infancy. Weight, length, and head
circumference are greater in boys than in girls throughout the first year of life
(Geary, Pringle, Rodeck, Kingdom, & Hindmarsh, 2003). These growth
differences are related to hormonal differences between boys and girls.
Gender, poverty and the delivery of basic services, such as healthcare,
education and social protection, are closely interwoven. The delivery of public
services is essential for helping women and men to reach their full potential
and realise their human rights. Recent investments in human capital
endowments have led to significant progress in improving health and
education for both women and men. Although gender differences are
gradually narrowing, much remains to be done to reduce inequalities in
women and men’s well-being. Many of the gaps in progress towards
achieving poverty- and service-related MDGs are gender gaps, with women
and girls missing out on vital services.

REACTION:
What is gender development salient features, goals and objectives and
proposed development?

Gender & Development has aimed to promote, inspire, and support


development policy and practice, which furthers the goal of equality between
women and men.
GAD focus primarily on two major frameworks, Gender Roles and Social
Relations Analysis. Gender role focus on social construction of identities
within the household, it also reveals the expectations from ‘maleness and
femaleness’ in their relative access to resources. Social relations analysis
exposes the social dimensions of hierarchical power relations imbedded in
social institutions; also it’s determining influence on ‘the relative position of
men and women in society. In an attempt to create gender equality, (denoting
women having same opportunities as men, including ability to participate in
the public sphere) GAD policies aim to redefine traditional gender role
expectations.
Each issue of Gender & Development focuses on a topic of key interest to all
involved in promoting gender equality through development. An up-to-the
minute overview of the topic is followed by a range of articles from
researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. Insights from development
initiatives across the world are shared and analysed, and lessons identified.
Innovative theoretical concepts are explored by key academic writers, and the
uses of these concepts for policy and practice are explored. Each issue
includes an up-to-date resources section, listing publications, electronic
resources, and organisations. Gender & Development is the place to go for
critical analysis of the key issues we work on every day. It is an essential
source for the latest thinking, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

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